Device for teaching the golf-swing.



PATENTBD FEB. 10, 1903.

8. CLIFFORD.

DEVICE FOR TEACHING THE GOLF SWING.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 39, 1902.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STANLEY CLIFFORD/OR LONDON, ENGLAND.

DEVICE FOR TEACHl'NG THE GOLF-.SWlNG.

.SPEClFICATIOIl forming part Of Letters Patent No. 720,406, dated February 1903- Applicatl n fil d S ptember 29, 1902 ScrinlNo. 125,287. (No model.)

all 107mm. it may concern.- I Be it known that I, STANLEY Cmrronn, a bjcet of the King of Great Britain and lreid, residing at London, England, have innted anew and useful Device for Teaching Golf-Swing, of which the following is a acification.

lhis invention relates to a device or applice for teaching what is technically termed the art of golfing as the fgolf-swiug. lho said device or appliance is designed use in houses; but'it may be used wher- H a club can be swung, as it occupies but .lo space. It is, sov to speak, a home iner. p \ccording to my invention the said device appliance (of which two are always used .1 arranged one on each side of the player) mists of a stand comprisinga base-plate and :illar or post fixed thereto. 0n said pillar nounted an adj ustable holder or clip adaptto carry a horizontally-arrangcd curved gth of rubber or a coiled spring, (or other table resilient materiah) Ihefree ends of ich project beyond the said holder or clip 1 form arms, which it is the endeavor of 1 player to strike in the upward and downrd swingof his go] 1 -club. These arms may, :lesircd, be provided with a bell or other metic device, whereby an audible signal I be given each time they are touched by players club, or, if preferred, the phoic device may be on the holder.

11 order that my invention may be readily ierstood, I will describe the same fully with erence to the accompanying drawings, ich showa convenientarrangement of the 'ice, and whereinigure 1 is aside elevation of one of the ices, and Fig. 2 a plan thereof. Fig. 3 is low illustrating the arrangement of the dees and the position the player occupies ttively thereto.

is the base-plate, and b is the pillar or post, (Cl! is screwed therein or fixed thereto in other convenient manner.

is the holder or clip, which is of any suite shape. It is advantageously made of e and is formed with three eyes or loops; vhich two, (I d, are at its outer ends, while third, (1', is at its base or root. Through so eyes or loops (1 17 (1' there is threaded a The holder 0 is connected to the pillar b by soldering or otherwise secu ring the eye or loop (2' to a collar or ring e, adapted to be passed over said pillar. By raising or lowering this collar the holder travels with it and can therefore be adjusted to suitall heights and lengths of swing. 1

f is a set-screw for retaining the holder at the height to which it may be set on the-pillar.

It represents bells, which are secured in any appropriate manner to the rubber arms or to the eyes dd; but their use, although recommended, is optional.

To use the device, two of these, as depicted in Fig. 3 of the drawings, are placed at a suitable distance apart, and the player takes up a position midway between them. He must then in the upward swing of his club try to touch either of the rubber arms on his right I side, then to touch the same again on coming down, and in the finish off he must touch either of the rubber arms on his left side. If these have been correctly placed, it is not possible for him to touch them unless he has swung back properly and has followed well through.

. In starting the player should aim at a paper pellet (answering to the ball) or at a mark on the ground, (neither of which is shown in the drawings,) on which he must keep his eye fixed. The pellet or the mark must be in advance of an imaginary line between the two devices.

Care should be taken that the devices be placed so far apart that when a player is effccting the swing it will be possible for him only to touch the rubber arms. Good players can place the devices for themselves; but moderate players or beginners should let a professional or good golfer point out to them the position for these and the heights for the arms. By measuring these they can then in future adj nst them for themselves.

llaving now described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 1. A device for teaching the golf-swing,

consisting of a stand carrying an adjustable holder provided with projecting arms of resilient material adapted to betstruck by the golf-club in its upward and downward swing by the player.

i 2. A device for teaching the golf-swing,

consisting of a stand comprising a base-plate and a pillar secured thereto, said pillar carrying an adjustable holder'and a length of rubber, terminating in horizhultal, y-projecting arms, carried by said hol elzl A device for teaching ih golf swing, consisting of a stand comprising a base-plate and a pillar securedthereto, and which pillar carries an adjustable holder formed with eyes through which passes a length of rubber terminating in horizontally-projeeting arms.

4. A device for teaching the golf-swing consisting of a support, and a plurality of flexible arms carried by said support, adapted to be struck by the golf-club in its upward and downward swing by the player.

5. A device for teaching the golf-swing consisting of a support, and a plurality of flexible arms adjustably carried by said support, adapted to be struck by the golf-club STAN LEY CLIFFORD.

\Vitnesses:

GEORGE E. MINTERN, \VALTER J. SKERTEN. 

